Rhino Rugby News
HSBC Rosslyn Park National Schools Sevens
Rhino Rugby and Rhino-Turf are once more sponsors of the HSBC Rosslyn Park National Schools Sevens. The event is the biggest rugby tournament in the world and is being played all this week at the vast array of pitches at Roehampton Vale at the foot of the A3. Look out for our mascot Reggie the Rhino and visit us in the Rhino-Turf tent which we are sharing with our artificial turf partners, contractors MJ Abbott.
Jonathan, Nathan, Hamir and Mick - 'Team Rhino-Abbots' at the event this morning. |
Winchester House School, Reggie the Rhino and the Aviva Premiership Trophy. |
ENGLAND HONE THEIR SKILLS ON RHINO EQUIPMENT AHEAD OF IMMENSE VICTORY OVER IRELAND
All at Rhino would like to congratulate the England squad on their win over Ireland in an epic encounter at Twickenham on Saturday.
As usual during the build up to the game in training at Pennyhill Park the England players honed their skills on Rhino’s market leading range of technical training equipment, and in particular our top of the range Dictator scrum machine.
The England pack on the Rhino Dictator scrum machine last week. |
RHINO NOMINATED AT SPORTS TECHNOLOGY AWARDS
Richie Gray with the Collision King which won the Technology Innovation Award at Rugby Expo in 2012 |
RHINO PARTNER WITH UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
Rhino Rugby has announced a partnership with the University of Sheffield to conduct research into developing optimum performance rugby balls.
The University project team will be led by Dr Matt Carr and Prof Roger Lewis, of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, who have worked together on many projects related to hand-object interactions, including that applied to handling performance of rugby balls.
Rhino Rugby League Managing Director Tony Colquitt said: "We are delighted to be working alongside Matt and his colleagues at the University of Sheffield. Rhino is known worldwide for its product innovation and quality. This research will complement our strategy of continuous improvement. We will also continue to test and ask for feedback from our customers, who are the elite players and teams across both codes of Rugby. There are exciting times ahead and I look forward to working with the University."
Dr Matt Carr added: "Our experience in this field so far has shown that the interaction between the hands and a rugby ball in different play conditions can be very complex. We are excited by the challenge of assisting Rhino in their quest to further improve the playing quality of balls."
Leading clubs and players have been involved in the design and testing process of the new Super League match ball.
RHINO XMAS CARD OF THE YEAR WINNER ANNOUNCED!
The competition for the best Christmas card received by Rhino was this year won by Jim and Anna Parton, the hosts of the now legendary Piotrowice Nyskie International Rugby Festival which takes place in mid August in Silesia in Poland.
In addition to featuring a striking winter photograph of their magnificent Schloss on the border of Poland and the Czech Republic, the grounds of which feature the two rugby pitches on which they stage their annual event, the card also shows the Parton family sporting Rhino branded tournament T shirts and rugby balls - well done Jim, Anna, Jozefina, Henryka, Nela, Herbert and Fryd! Just for good measure the photo also features Jim holding the turkey which presumably he later despatched to provide their Christmas dinner. No pussyfooting about at M&S for the Partons....
The Piotrowice Nyskie International Rugby Festival, which features Men’s and Women’s 7s and Men’s 15s, has grown in just three years into one of Central Europe’s leading social rugby events and was remarkably shortlisted at the 2012 Rugby Expo Awards at Twickenham alongside the English Premiership Final and eventual winner the Las Vegas Sevens in the global Rugby Event of the Year category. As Rhino is now sponsor of the LV Sevens which take place shortly on January 24th – 26th , we are proud to be associated with two of these three events.
The PNIRF takes place this year on August 16th – check out Facebook for further details.